Do not engage #TGDN accounts.

Twitter makes it easy to report accounts for spam. When enough users report an account, it automatically gets suspended. Some users abuse this feature by organizing a group to report or “spam-block” a single account in order to get it suspended.

Conservatives created the “Twitter Gulag Defense Network” or #TGDN to stop spam-blocking attacks. Aware that accounts with more followers are less likely to get suspended, they mutually followed anyone else using #TGDN. Now that their group is organized and members are protected, they have begun targeted spam-blocking of progressive accounts, exactly what their group was created to oppose. Ironic.

The solution: do not engage. If you don’t @mention or follow an account first, Twitter doesn’t care whether that account spam-blocks you later. Never tweet or follow any account sporting #TGDN. Ignore any account that mentions you with #TGDN in their tweets. Unfollow any accounts with #TGDN in their biography.

I believe I tweeted with at least one of these people and they got me spam blocked. Can anyone help? I am pretty sure I got targeted for being in Unite Blue and I had not yet gotten enough followers to be protected. When the suspension is liftel concentrate on one thing: adding Unite Blue members. In the meantime, tweet me to keep me encouraged okay. . Okay? I can still see when my friends tweet using @webantonyoutube. For now. Take care.

Fuck that. I’ve been blocking them and reporting them for spam in a nonstop frenzy for three days in a row now. Anyone I see using that hashtag that’s a #RWNJ gets blocked by me. I am NOT giving these lunatics more power and fear than they deserve.

My own experience has been to mistrust anyone who follows you and then never tweets any thing. Had one of these guys last fall. What he was actually doing was spying or phishing off my retweets. I figured out what he was doing and blocked him. Last week, what do you know, UnitedBlue had him listed as one of the most prolific blockers on the twitter machine.
Advice: Look up the list at UniteBlue and see if you recognize any of your followers

They’re not even bothering to wait, they seem to be (and effectively so) going down the list of UniteBlue members and picking them off like children in a schoolyard. I just had my backup account reinstated and it was blocked today for absolutely no reason. My original account is still suspended. This group of petty little boys is well on their way to destroying Twitter’s reputation as a social media tool, particularly where American political discussion is concerned.

I believe this has happened to me as we’ll. I had my original account for over three years. I had almost 3,000 followers. I had over 30,000 tweets. No trouble. Early Election Day I started a twitter conversation with the wrong people and my account was suspended 3times. I quit twitter. I learned of UniteBlue and thought I would try twitter again. Guess what? Suspended

I’m back on Twitter. From Twitter to me:
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Twitter has automated systems that find and remove multiple automated spam accounts in bulk. Unfortunately, it looks like your account got caught up in one of these spam groups by mistake.

I’m suspended now – anyone any idea how long the suspension lasts? I’ve been a Twitterer for over 3 years and never a complaint against me. I don’t spam or aggressively follow – I don’t even know what ‘following automation’ is – yet I’ve been silenced!

I’ve had my account suspended since Sunday. I don’t know the reason, don’t spam or use those “automated follower programs”, and try to keep conversations at an adult level. How can someone find out why they were suspended?
Maybe twitter needs more time…but I would like to get back online.

You should receive an email. If not, try signing into your account, then look for a banner at the top of the screen that might take you to unsuspend your account. It should give a reason, although perhaps broad and imprecise.

Zach, Almost two years ago I was able to get accounts that actively promoted the spam/report to suspend function kicked off of Twitter. I did this by screen printing the blatant messages, even though of course they can check time lines. I had about 3 accounts that specifically asked all followers to spam, DM, report, etc. the account of Angelo (at the time using @stopBeck). Encouraging ppl to spam is of course a clear violation of twitter policy. So rather than go off on how these folks were rude, defaming, etc. i simply pointed out that they violated the TOS and attached screen prints as proof. Three accounts were not just suspended but kicked off in less than 24 hours. They came back, of course, by creating new accounts, but that is not the point. I recommend we (collectively) do the same with kincannon after reading the above. If he is asking people to spam, then simply report as a TOS violation.

it would help if they were specific in their follow and unfollow limits. i wonder what “aggressive following” is? some days i have followed more than 400. if they gave us rules to live by, we could be compliant sheep,

I created this @ThunderDragon67 AFTER my Primary Account, @MsRock4Ever was suspended for the THIRD time, but it has since been suspended FOUR times in 75 days. I told Twitter this is bordering on harassment, I think they Suspend anyone who gets so many reports, BUT they told me at different times that I was suspended for “Sending multiple unsolicited messages” and/or “Following Aggressively”. I have NEVER broken Twitter Rules, and I have NOT changed my actions or behavior on Twitter for the past couple of years, yet suddenly started getting all these suspensions, so I know I am being targeted by RWNJs who object to my political views.